Rotating album mirror



July 30, 1935. s. B. MEGDALL' ROTATING ALBUM MIRROR Original Filed Nov.8, 1932 'INVENTOR 50mm/w .3. /VEfpiLL BBM ATTORN EY Patented July 30,1935 Application November-'8, 1932, Serial No. 641,695

Renewed April 27, 1935 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a rotating album mirror.

'Ihe object of the invention is the production of a rotating albummirror, by means of which a plurality of pictures orlegends can bebrought in view one after the other.

The second object of the invention is the production of a rotating albummirror, Yin which a plurality of sector shaped tablets with pictures orlegends can be detachably inserted, and brought into view through anopening in the backing of the mirror of the device.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents a front View, partlybroken away, of an exemplication of the improved rotating album mirror;Fig. 2 shows a rear View of Fig. l; Fig. 3 indicates a front view of thesupporting plate of the album mirror, before being folded in place andwith its appurtenances; Fig. 4 represents an enlarged section of Fig. 1on the line 4, 4; Fig. 5 shows an enlarged fragmentary portion of therotatable supporting disc of the device with a sector shaped picturetablet; Fig. 6 is a section of Fig. 5 on the line 6, 6, and Fig. 7 showsa top view of the rotatable supporting disc.

The supporting plate is shown with the body portion 20, having the sidewalls 2|, the top Wall 23 and the bottom wall 24 at right angles to saidbody portion. Flanges 26 extend' at right angles from the side Walls 2|.A flange 21 extends at right angles from the top wall 23 and a flange 28extends at right angles from the bottom Wall 24. Hood shaped spacerheads 32 are pressed out from the body portion 20.

The dotted lines 35, 36 and 31, 38 indicate the` creases formed in theblank for the body portion 26 to form the side walls 2|, the ilanges 26,the top wall 23 with its flange 21 and the bottom Wall 24 with itsflange 28. From the body portion 2|! are pressed the U shaped flanges 40to form the journalv bearing seats 4I. The openings 42 result in thebody portion of the supporting plate 20, by pressing out the anges 40.An opening 45 is indicated in the top end of the body portion 20.

Upon the body portion 20 is supported the rotating supporting disc 50,having the circumferential corrugated edge 5 the circular axial opening52, and a plurality of small radial elongated openings 53. A pluralityof radially positioned supporting plates 55 are forwardly pressed out ofthe disc 50 leaving the openings 56. At the ends of each plate 55 areindicated the pair of stop legs 51 which space and connect eachsupporting plate 55 and the supporting disc 50.

A mirror is indicated with its glass 60 `having its' usual mercurybacking 6|. A heartshaped opening 62, in this instance, isindicated inthe mercury backing 6|. Y

lAn outer case kfor the album -mirror,which R6 may be of Celluloid orother material, isindi- -cated with the body portion 65 having theopening 66 opposite the opening 45. A top Wall68 with the front flange69, and the bottom wall 16 with the front fiange 1| are shown integralwith the body portion 65. The fb'ody -portion'f65 bears against the bodyportion 20 -of -rthe Asupporting plate, the wall 68 bears against thewall 23 and the flange 69 bears against the flange 21. The Wall bearsagainst the wall 24 and the ange 1| bears against the flange 28. Sideflanges of the body portion 65 bear against the iianges 26.

The mirror 60 bears between the heads 32 and the flanges 26, 21 and 28.

The top faces of the supporting plates 55 clear the outer face of themercury backing 6|.

A sector shaped tablet 80 having the radial edges 8! and the photograph82 or other picture or legend can be detachably supported between eachpair of supporting plates 55, the edges 8| bearing against the sidefaces of the stop legs 51. it will be noted that a different picture orlegend is indicated on each of the tablets 86.

To use the rotating album mirror the tablets 8i) are inserte-d throughthe openings 45 and 66, and positioned between the supporting plates 55with their edges 8| bearing against the stop legs 51. The disc 5!) isturned by bearing on its corrugated edge 5|, to locate the pictures onthe tablets 86, one after the other opposite the opening 62.

The tablets 8|] can be removed from the disc 50 when they yare oppositethe openings 45 and 66, by inserting a pin through the openings 53, whenthey 4are opposite the openings 45 and 66 and engage said tablets 80 tomove them outwardly from the disc 5E).

Attention is called to the fact that the opening 62 can be of variousshapes.

Various modifications may be made in the invention and the presentexempliflcation is to be taken as illustrative and not limitativethereof.

Having described my invention, I claim.

1. In an album mirror the combination of a mirror glass having a portionof the mercury backing removed to form an opening, a rotating supportingdisc journaled to the rear of said mirror glass and,` a plurality ofsupporting plates extending from said supporting disc, adapted to xall)support a tablet having a picture between each pair of supportingplates, said rotating supporting disc having openings between itssupporting plates for the insertion of an element` to detach the tabletshaving the pictures thereon from said supporting disc.

2. In an album mirror the combination of a mirror glass having anopening in its mercury backing, a supporting plate to the rear .of themirror glass and with its body portion spaced therefrom, a rotatingsupporting disc journaled to the supporting plate and positioned betweenit and the rear face of the mirror glass, diametrically positionedsupporting plates extending from said disc positioned between it and therear face of the mirror, a pair of stop legs at the ends of eachsupporting plate connecting it to said disc,

a sector shaped tablet adapted to be secured in place between each pairof supporting plates with its diagonal edges bearing against the pairsof rsaid stop legs' and a diierent picture' on each of said tablets, thesaidy pictures brought in view when opposite the opening in the mercurybackbacking, a supporting platev to the rear of the mirror glass, hoodshaped spacer heads extending from the `supporting plate bearing againstkthe mercury backing, to space the supporting plate to the rear of themirror glass, said support- .ing plate having an opening at the top endthereof, a rotatable disc journaled to the supporting plate andpositioned between it and the mirror glass, diametrically positionedsupporting plates extending fromsaid disc toward said mirror glass, astop leg at each end of each supporting plate connecting said plate andsaid disc, a sector shaped tablet positioned between each pair ofsupporting plates, bearing on said rotatable disc with its radial edgesextending under a portion of each supportingplate andV bearing againstthe stop legs thereof, and an outer backing having an yopening for themirror.

4. In an album mirror the combination of a mirror glasshaving an openingin its mercury backing, a supporting plate to the rear of the mirrorglass, means integral withsaid supporting plate to space it from themirror glass, a rotatable supporting disc journaled to the supportingplate between it and the mirror glass, a plurality of radially disposedstop legs extending up from said rotatable disc toward said mirrorglass, radially disposed supporting plates in planes above said stop`legs and cor-acting therewith and spaced from said rotatable supportingdisc and tablets vhaving legends thereon detachably secured betweenaccompanying stop legs and below their supporting plates, the rotatablesupporting disc adapted to be positioned to locate the tablets thereonopposite the opening in said mercury backing.V

SANFORD B. MEGDALL.

